Jaromír Novotný (born 1974, Český Brod) works with painting in his own very unique way, which does not necessarily involve the classic ‘painting pictures’ techniques. Using traditional and non-traditional materials – whether it is acrylic, graphite, printing ink, paper, board, organza, or canvas, Novotny deconstructs painting, its historic form, and content. He analyzes the basic categories of material and technique, undermining the conventions and consistently “abstracting” the process that allows the painting to come into being. At times he stitches the canvas or organza, not painting it, and treats the painting almost in a sculptural way whereby surface does not always take precedence and all the elements of the work are integral to its viewing – support frame, transparency, and even at times slight tears and openings in the canvas.

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